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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Phillips Norway Open
July 4 - 8, 2001

(Q23) Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Lione, Italy

Eugenio Amore
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 17, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vergato (Bologna)

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Shanghai 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$93,135.00

Riccardo "Riccardino" Lione
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 13, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rome

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

97 kg (213 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

109

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$165,645.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	1	5	2	1	5	US$40,470.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Did not play	Matteo De Cecco - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	Q30	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	Q32	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	Q30	41st	14	US$0.00

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/4/2001	Qualifier 1	Jonas Backstrom / Daniel Martin-Vivaldi, Sweden (Q42)	Won 21-8, 21-10	0:32
Wed, 7/4/2001	Qualifier 2	Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (27, Q10)	Lost 21-15, 17-21, 14-16	0:50
Wed, 7/4/2001	Qualifier 6	Kenneth Jelsa / Kjell-Oue Raheim, Norway (Q44)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:35
Wed, 7/4/2001	Qualifier 7	Ronny Berntsen / Jon Grydeland, Norway (Q26)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:37
Wed, 7/4/2001	Qualifier 8	Jose Pedrosa / Jose Teixeira, Portugal (Q9)	Won 21-14, 19-21, 15-8	0:53
Thu, 7/5/2001	Qualifier 9	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Paulao Moreira, Brazil (Q1)	Lost 14-21, 17-21	0:29

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$10,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	4	0	$27,620.00
Total	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	5	0	$40,470.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Eugenio Amore												Riccardo Lione
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,375.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,775.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	$20,525.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	4	0	$43,425.00
56	0	0	0	0	2	8	17	8	0	$60,960.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	84	0	0	0	2	5	20	22	15	0	$113,570.00
6	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	$7,275.00	Challenger	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,125.00
3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
83	3	2	1	1	2	11	23	12	0	$93,135.00	Total	109	0	2	1	2	6	24	33	19	0	$165,645.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	7	5	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	7	5	58.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Eugenio Amore													Riccardo Lione
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1996	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	$7,250.00
											1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$525.00
											1997	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	0	$13,000.00
											1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00
											1998	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	3	0	$19,675.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	1999	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$250.00	Total	Total	46	0	0	1	0	2	9	12	11	11	$44,100.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	23	69.7%	7	21.2%	3	9.1%	30-3	90.9%	7	14.9%	17	36.2%	23	48.9%	7-40	14.9%	23-23	50.0%	14-20	41.2%	1	1	38-44	46.3%
2000-2001	10	58.8%	5	29.4%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	2	12.5%	7	43.8%	7	43.8%	2-14	12.5%	10-7	58.8%	7-9	43.8%	0	0	17-16	51.5%
Against the Field	10	62.5%	5	31.3%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	2	8.7%	8	34.8%	13	56.5%	2-21	8.7%	20-26	43.5%	14-18	43.8%	0	0	17-22	43.6%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	1	5	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	22	9	2	13	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	32
Total	0	0	23	10	8	21	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	44

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 4-4 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 15, Q5 Novosel/Slack, Australia 0-1
6/27/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 3	Novosel/Slack	11, Q3	Amore/Lione	Q30	21-9, 13-21, 15-11	0:43
Trail the series against # 27, Q10 Canet/Hamel, France 0-1
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Canet/Hamel	27, Q10	Amore/Lione	Q23	15-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:50
Trail the series against # Q1 Bellaguarda/Moreira, Brazil 0-1
7/5/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 9	Bellaguarda/Moreira	Q1	Amore/Lione	Q23	21-14, 21-17	0:29
Trail the series against # Q7 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
6/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	27, Q3	Amore/Lione	Q30	21-17, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # Q9 Pedrosa/Teixeira, Portugal 1-0
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 8	Amore/Lione	Q23	Pedrosa/Teixeira	Q9	21-14, 19-21, 15-8	0:53
Lead the series against # Q26 Berntsen/Grydeland, Norway 1-0
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 7	Amore/Lione	Q23	Berntsen/Grydeland	Q26	21-17, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # Q42 Backstrom/Martin-Vivaldi, Sweden 1-0
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 1	Amore/Lione	Q23	Backstrom/Martin-Vivaldi	Q42	21-8, 21-10	0:32
Lead the series against # Q44 Jelsa/Raheim, Norway 1-0
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 6	Amore/Lione	Q23	Jelsa/Raheim	Q44	21-13, 21-14	0:35